Noble, Greely and Lisbon are making big adjustments, while Portland star Cordell Jones takes on a new role.
Steve Craig
Staff Writer
Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Offensive linemen are Maine high school football’s unsung but essential heroes
Large school or small, to be successful teams need players willing to sacrifice individual glory for a gritty, demanding job that receives little acclaim.
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Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Hearts of Pine goal flurry leads to USL1 win
Portland scores three times in an 18-minute span in the second half to put away the Charlotte Independence.
Posted inSports
Teen’s death leaves ‘a huge hole’ for Sanford High and its football team
Former teammates are learning to move forward without beloved lineman Jony Hunter.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Four Hearts of Pine players earn weekly honors
Ollie Wright, Walter Varela, Titus Washington and Nathan Messer are honored after Portland’s win on Sunday.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Massabesic and Deering football prepping for their Class A return
Both programs improved significantly over the past four seasons while playing in Class B.
Posted inSports
Newburgh native, former NASCAR driver Ricky Craven buys Speedway 95
The Maine native says he’s ‘all in’ on turning the facility into a year-round motorsports complex.
Posted inHearts of Pine, Sports
Sunday’s Hearts of Pine game postponed
Travel issues have kept visiting Spokane Velocity team from being able to get to Portland.
Posted inHearts of Pine, News, Sports
Hearts of Pine get the most out of a friendly win
Excitement and player opportunities — including Lewiston High graduate Khalid Hersi getting his first start — abound against Halifax Wanderers.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
John Wolfgram, Maine’s winningest high school football coach, dies at 77
Wolfgram won 10 state titles and 309 games in a storied coaching career at Madison, Gardiner, South Portland and Cheverus.